To Edit a Policy

In this procedure, you will edit a policy and save the changes. Users of all levels can perform this procedure in the console.

You cannot edit a policy in the following circumstances:

• The policy was created by another user.

• The policy is currently in an active job.

• The policy is the Predefined Always ask me policy.

  If you edit a policy that is scheduled for later deployment, the users who deploy that policy decide whether to use the original policy or the edited one.

1. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar, click the Policies button.

   • From the Tools menu, choose Policies.

     The Policies window opens.

2. Select a policy from the list.

3. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar of the Policies window, click the Edit button.

   • Right-click the selected policy and choose Edit.

     The Policy Editor window opens.

4. From the drop-down list on the tool bar of the Policy Editor, select a distribution- architecture.

   The Components list changes to display components of the selected distribution.

5. Change as many component settings as you want.

   See Table 10–1.

   To add a component setting, select the component and set a policy for each deployment action. Do one of the following:

   • Select Ask Me, Yes, or No from the drop-down list of the action

   • Click the Ask Me, Yes, or No button for all actions.

   To delete a component setting, select an action in the Actions list and click the Delete Selected button.

   To change a component setting, delete the action from the Actions list and then add a new action for the component setting you want.

6. Add as many component settings as you want.

   To make the policy applicable to hosts of different distributions:

   • To select specific components from different distributions, change the selection of the drop-down list of distributions. Find the relevant components and add the settings to the Actions list.

   • To let Sun Update Connection – Enterprise find components from other distributions that are comparable to the ones you have in the Actions list, click the Multi Distro button (see To Align Component Settings for Multiple Distributions).

7. Click OK.

   The Policy Editor window closes. The policy is edited.